Type-line stick.



C. W.'CURLE.

TYPE LINE STICK.

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Patented July 16, 1918,

CHARLES- W. GUBLE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFGRNIA.

TYPE-LINE STICK.

v To all whom it may Concern.

Belt known that I, CHARLES'W. CURLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented a new and useful Type-Line'Stick, of which the following is a specification in suchifull and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to constructand use the same.

This invention relates to a stick for holding lines of type in such a position as to enable the'top of the type line to be cut off to prevent smudging. 1 It will be understood by those skilled'in the art that where a line of type is produced 'ina line casting machine that nearly always there is a blank portion at each end of the 'linewhich is not occupied by letters and which is likely to produce a smudge of ink on the paper at the ends of the lines of letters. f Heretofore it has been common to cut off the top of such linesas were likely to smudge the paper by running such lines of type through a machine specially adapted to saw off a portion of such line. This is a very' slow process since it necessitates the accurate placing of each separate line against the saw or other tool intended to cut 03 the desired amount of material. v a

With the present machine, aconsiderable number of type slugs are assembled alongside ofeach other in the stick, the ends projecting more or lessaccording to the position of the type projecting from the top of the slugs, after which such of the type slugs have a portion of their tops cut off in one" operation as may require it.

After the slugs carrying the type have been cut down at one end, they may be reversed in position and will then be cut down at their other ends, the height of the slugs being reduced about the thickness of the saw used at the ends of the slugs beyond the projecting type.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawings in which the same reference numeral is applied to the same portion throughout, but I am aware that there may be modifications thereof.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a saw table having this stick applied thereto,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the stick as it.

appears when resting upon the slidablg table,

Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of the stlck as Specification of Letters Patent.

therefrom by the saw in dotted lines.

Fig. 6 is a front elevation partly in section of thesaw table and type line stick showing the stick turned up in position to dress type lines supported thereby, the po sition of the saw also being indicated, and

Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the saw table and type line stick showing the stick turned down parallel to the table in position to assemble the type lines therein prior to draw ing them down.

The numeral 1 represents a saw table having guides 2 and 3 along which guides a slidable table 4 is movable. The table 4 is provided with a guiderail 5 at one edge against whichobjects may be placed when it is desired to cut them off square and at a distance from the guiderail 5, and adjacent the edge of the table which moves along the saw 6 is a block 7. The saw is mounted upon the shaft 8 and driven from the pulley 9 in a well known manner.

The guiderail 5 and block 7 have holes of a spiral spring 16 bearingupon the washers '17 and 18 which are secured to said pins 10 and 11.

The object of the foregoing construction is to enable the user to apply to or detach the stick from the slidable saw table 4. The stick comprises a plate 19 with an open groove 2-0 extending from end to end thereof, in which groove is a rod 21, one end of which bears upon a heavy spiral spring 22, and the other end of which passes into a hole in a lug 24 of a plate 25 secured on one end of the stick base.

A. narrow flange 26 is provided at one edge of the plate 19 to prevent the slugs assembled thereon from slipping 0E, while eX- tending over the top of the flange 25, and at right angles thereto, is a plate 27, which plate is rigidly secured to the plate 25. The plate 27 has a shallow depending flange 28 at one edge, which is deep enough to catch Patented July 16, 1918.

Application filed April 6, 1917. Serial No. 160,174.

the letters on the upper edges of the slugs, so the slugs will slide through as illustrated in Fig. 2 stopping with varying lengths projecting.

Mounted on the plate 19 is a slidable plate 28" which has a vertical flange 29, and said plate has two depending lugs 30and 31, through which the rod 20 extends. A plate 32 is mounted onthe rod 21 in a hole in the plate 28 and a. spring 38 always tends to hold the plate in the position shown-in Fig. 2. Pivoted. on the top of the plate '28 is a lever 34, said lever having a heel piece 36 capable of bearing upon the .plate 32.

The object of the foregoing construction is to provide means whereby the flange 29 may be moved tightly against the slugs placed between. said flangeand the vflange 25 after the slugshave been dropped down tot-he position occupied. in lligg. After a number of slugs have been. assembled on the plate 19 between theflanges 25 and 29, they are allowed to slide down until. they occupy the position shown by the slugs in Fig. 2,

-'\\ hereupon they are tightly locked in place lowsz. ex;press reservation being made of permissible modifications '1. A type holding stick comprisinga plate, means to secure a seriesof lines of type thereon, a plate under which the lines of type extend and having means thereon to determine the; amount at extension oft each Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the" Commissioner "of Patents,

line beyond the plate, and a saw against which the lines of type may be passed to remove a portion of said extensions.

A type holding stick comprising a flanged plate, a saw table to which said plate is pivotally secured, a movable plate having a flangew adapted to secure aplurality of lines oi" type in the stick, a. plate under which the lines of type may pass and having means to determine the amount of extensions of said lines beyond said last named plate, and a saw against which the lines of type may be passed to out a portion of said extensions.

3. A type line holding stick comprising a flanged plate, means to hold a series of lines ot' type against the flanged plate, a plate extending across the flan ged plate having means thereon tor determining the position of the plurality o't type lines thereim'a saw table and pivotal means-between the saw table and type line holding device whereby the type line holding device may be turned 90 degrees to cut elf portions of the tops of each of the lines of type.

4. A type line 'holding'device comprising i a slid-able saw table, a type; line holding plate having a flange at one edge, a second plate extending at right angles thereto, and under which a series of linesof type may be passed, means to hold a series of lines of type against the flange on said type line holding plate, a pair of pivot pins for mounting the typeho'lding, stick upon a reciprocating saw table, whereby the "slick may be rotated substantially 90 .degrees to bring the uncut edges of the type bar into a given plane for the purpose of removing a portion of each slug,

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of March,'A. D. 1 917.

CHARLES CURLE.

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